Tuesday, 10 January 2012

NAPOLEAN SOLO....THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and the CORONATION STREET AFFAIR!!!!

hen i were a snotty kid and loved spies and all kinds of guys who shot baddies and blew up secret bases, JAMES BOND,obviously....GARRISONS GORILLAS a wartime telly version of the DIRTY DOZEN....But another favourite was the adventures of ILYA KURYAKEN and NAPOLEAN SOLO in the MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and their unending battle against the evil organisation THRUSH! The main character was NAPOLEAN SOLO,but ILYA KURYAKEN,originally a side character became an equal team. Solo was played by ROBERT VAUGHN who has appeared in every film and television show ever made....A real Hollywood star, currently he's been on a ruck of British telly stuff ,most recent being 'HUSTLE',which i have to confess never seeing. But he'll always be NAPOLEAN SOLO,THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. to me.

I don't know if its a move ,up ,down or sideways for a Hollywood star to become a member of the cast of ....CORONATION STREET!!!!.......I can see him outside the corner shop, or the 'Rovers' speaking into his little pen radio, saying those immortal words,"OPEN CHANNEL D"....Every show title was 'the something ,or oher AFFAIR!'.....So this is 'THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. in the CORONATION STREET AFFAIR!'

Whats next?......WILLIAM SHATNER/CAPTAIN KIRK in EMMERDALE(its life,Jim,but not as we know it!).......ADAM WEST/BATMAN in EASTENDERS,he managed GOTHAM CITY,but could he handle ALBERT SQUARE?

No way, my son,,,,Actor,Goniff, Chief n 'Casino ,i've even got the Dvd's ,how sad is that, eh? Very ,judging by the expression on the missus's face when i'm rolling round the floor making schmeisser machine gun noises and throwing underarm knives like Chief from his wrist holster while its on the telly. I loved it as a kid!

I remember the annual i can still visualise the cover ,but yeah now we're talking ,Sven Hassell;...Wheels of terror and liqidate Paris as we were waiting for school to break up and we could bring our games and books to read.

It didnt end in the 70's i'm still reading me comics etc, your still reading your sci fi and making model planes ,nothings changed....up top we're still the snotty little kids, sadly down below we're the sad ol' farts.

Tim Leatherbarrow

About Me

Short ,but perfectly formed; Tim has been a cartoonist and caricaturist for over 30 years and has worked all over the world for all kinds of clients in the corporate ,social and charitable worls working every kind of event and function you could possibly imagine.I enjoy what i do and want my 'targets' to enjoy what i do ,so i'm an easy going laid back fellah and inject humour into my work.